Stirrup

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stirrup \Stir"rup\, n. [OE. stirop, AS. stigr[=a]p; st[imac]gan
     to mount, ascend + r[=a]p a rope; akin to G. stegreif a
     stirrup. [root]164. See {Sty}, v. i., and {Rope}.]
     1. A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or
        the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of
        a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to


        assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to
        sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by
        supporting a part of the weight of the body.
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              Our host upon his stirpoes stood anon. --Chaucer.
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     2. (Carp. & Mach.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup
        of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See
        {Bridle iron}.
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     3. (Naut.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its
        lower end for supporting a footrope. --Totten.
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     {Stirrup bone} (Anat.), the stapes.
  
     {Stirrup cup}, a parting cup taken after mounting.
  
     {Stirrup iron}, an iron stirrup.
  
     {Stirrup leather}, or {Stirrup strap}, the strap which
        attaches a stirrup to the saddle. See {Stirrup}, 1.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.)
     A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a
     stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient
     bearing can be had; -- called also {stirrup} and {hanger}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stirrup
       n 1: support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
            [syn: {stirrup iron}]
       2: the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the
          incus to the cochlea [syn: {stapes}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "stirrup":
     Eustachian tube, anvil, auditory apparatus, auditory canal,
     auditory meatus, auditory nerve, auditory ossicles, auditory tube,
     auricle, basilar membrane, bellyband, bony labyrinth,
     cauliflower ear, cinch, cochlea, conch, concha, drumhead, ear,
     ear lobe, eardrum, endolymph, external ear, girt, girth, hammer,
     horn, incus, inner ear, jockey, lobe, lobule, lug, malleus,
     mastoid process, middle ear, organ of Corti, outer ear,
     oval window, perilymph, pinna, pommel, round window,
     secondary eardrum, semicircular canals, shell, stapes, surcingle,
     tympanic cavity, tympanic membrane, tympanum, vestibule